As we all know, the first day of spring is when the Red Sox equipment truck leaves Fenway Park to drive to Fort Myers, Florida for the beginning of spring training. That day was today. So, despite the fact that I have enough snow in my back yard to make Shawn White happy for a month, it is spring, because it is Truck Day, which should really be a national holiday.
It should, too. Shut up.
In other news, Billerica, Massachusetts native Tom Glavine retired from baseball. Glavine won 305 games over 21 seasons, mostly by throwing low, outside fastballs and watching hitters pop them up. Glavine, who also loved hockey as a youth, is going to work for the Braves organization, where he spent most of his career. He seems like a classy sort of gent. Baseball will miss him.
Author John Feinstein penned a pretty good book about Glavine and Mike Mussina called "Living on the Black". I recommend it.
Yay! for Truck Day! What a hopeful sign of spring. Thank you!
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